Vest (development region)
Vest (English: West) is a development region in Romania created in 1998. As with the other development regions, it does not have any administrative powers. Its primary functions are coordinating regional development projects and managing funds from the European Union.
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| Country |  |
| Development Agency HQ | Timișoara |
| Largest city | Timișoara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32,028 km2 (12,366 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,828,313 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | |
| • Romanians | 86.3% |
| • Hungarians | 6.7% |
| • Roma | 2.5% |
| • Germans | 1.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| NUTS code | RO42 |
| GDP per capita (PPS) | €20,000 (2017)[1] |
| HDI (2017) | 0.814[2] very high · 2nd |
| Website | http://www.adr5vest.ro/ |
Counties
The Vest region is made up of the following counties:
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References
- Eurostat (26 February 2019). "GDP per capita in 281 EU regions in 2017". Europa web portal. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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